Children and Young Persons Act - Singapore Statutes Online

When child or young person in need of care and protection

4. For the purposes of this Act, a child or young person is in need of care or protection if —

(a)

the child or young person has no parent or guardian;

(b)

the child or young person has been abandoned by his parent or guardian and despite reasonable inquiries the parent or guardian cannot be found, and no other suitable person is willing and able to exercise care or guardianship in respect of the child or young person;

(c)

the parent or guardian of the child or young person is unfit or unable or has neglected to exercise proper supervision and control over the child or young person, and the child or young person is falling into bad association, or is exposed to moral danger, or is beyond control;

(d)

the child or young person has been, is being or is at risk of being ill-treated —

(i)	by his parent or guardian; or
(ii)	by any other person, and his parent or guardian, although knowing of such ill-treatment or risk, has not protected or is unlikely or unwilling to protect the child or young person from such ill-treatment;

(e)

the child or young person needs to be examined, investigated or treated for the purpose of restoring or preserving his health or development and his parent or guardian neglects or refuses to have him so examined, investigated or treated;

(f)

the child or young person behaves in a manner that is, or is likely to be, harmful to himself or to any person and —

(i)	his parent or guardian is unable or unwilling to take necessary measures to remedy the situation; or
(ii)	the remedial measures taken by the parent or guardian fail;

(g)

there is such a serious and persistent conflict between the child or young person and his parent or guardian, or between his parents or guardians, that family relationships are seriously disrupted, thereby causing the child or young person emotional injury;

(h)

the child or young person —

(i)	is a person in respect of whom a relevant offence has been or is believed to have been committed; or
(ii)	is a member of the same household as another child or young person in respect of whom a relevant offence has been or is believed to have been committed, and the child or young person appears to be in danger of a similar offence being committed against him,

and either the person who committed or is believed to have committed the offence or who has been convicted of the offence is the parent or guardian of the child or young person or a member of the same household as the child or young person, or the parent or guardian of the child or young person is unable, unlikely or unwilling to protect the child or young person from such offence; or

(i)

the child or young person is found to be —

(i)	destitute or wandering without any settled place of abode and without visible means of subsistence;
(ii)	begging or receiving alms (whether or not there is any pretence of singing, playing, performing or offering anything for sale) or loitering for the purpose of so begging or receiving alms;
(iii)	engaged in carrying out illegal lotteries, illegal hawking, gambling or other undesirable activities; or
(iv)	using or inhaling any intoxicating substance (as defined in the Intoxicating Substances Act (Cap. 146A)) for the purpose of inducing or causing in himself a state of intoxication. [3 [20/2001]

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